@oleg_avrah thank you. Will be nice to hear why. For example a popular book has 2-5 different covers for kindle book, softcover, hardcover etc. We skipped real covers to let people choose by titles and authors.

@andygorezkyi Here's my 2c: I think that the cover of a book is interwoven with the book itself. Part of it is a visual thing, where we've just come to expect it. It will make your content feel more connected to what it represents. That's why even on Kindle or iBooks, where showing a book cover is skeuomorphic, people seek it out. The other part is recall--when I go out to get the book it's nice to have an image in my mind of what it looks like. Even if there may be multiple covers for a title a lot of them are iconic.

@andygorezkyi@oleg_avrah I agree -- it's VERY difficult to process a giant wall of colored boxes -- it's not how our minds work. We can see and retain actual covers easily -- and create correlations when adjusting the filters -- because each cover is unique. With colored boxes only, it's not a resource I would use - it's easier to just scan and sort on Amazon.

@andygorezkyi@paulhorne@oleg_avrah Yeah, I'm definitely for covers! They've painstakingly thought out and designed for the books for a reason. And more often than not, in conjunction with the title, the imagery really help tell you what the book is about.

@andygorezkyi@oleg_avrah I like the current look it's clean and simple. Perhaps a rollover feature with the book cover revealed underneath could be an option though?
I also feel there is a desire for me to want to click the titles I'm interested in, half-expecting a link to a product page, however, nothing happens at the moment.
Are you expecting to expand on the websites functionality in the future?

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I am pro cover but at this juncture I don't think it really matters. What I think should be the first step (really even before this soft launch) should have been a way to either purchase the book or add it on Goodreads. Right now it's a brightly colored list that bellies the real magic behind the scenes.
Meaning if I have to make a list myself of the list it's not super helpful. It wouldn't take much to link to the Goodreads page or even the book on Amazon no partnerships or API tie in required.
I think it's a good start and as an "alpha" i think you're on to something. I'd like to see more functionality before it's out there and asking users to try it. It's better to compete a phase then rush to market.

@andygorezkyi Agree on the part about goodreads / amazon! I naturally thought clicking the buttons for goodreads / amazon will lead me directly to the correct page. Don't mind about affiliate links either in general ;-)